Historic Vancouver Photos - Page 42

Changing City · #**821** Posted **Oct 6, 2020, 6:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

A 'before' shot with Expo 86 in place would have been a bit nicer.

If you can find one with no rights attached, I'll see if Trish Jewison has hovered in a similar spot in the past couple of years. It has to be at a similar elevation as well as pointing the same way, or they don't line up.

officedweller · #**822** Posted **Oct 6, 2020, 6:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

If you can find one with no rights attached, I'll see if Trish Jewison has hovered in a similar spot in the past couple of years. It has to be at a similar elevation as well as pointing the same way, or they don't line up.

Yeah, the classic Expo 86 shot would have rights attached, too bad.
I think that one is from a similar angle.

I just googled and the one I'm thinkig of is the poster where the fair is superimposed on the site!

Anyways, found this one at the MOV site (not the same angle).

http://openmov.museumofvancouver.ca/...ry/h2008232860

EastVanMark · #**823** Posted **Oct 7, 2020, 4:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

Posted on Reddit by u/Daveonreddit
TBT: Sunset Beach and West End, c.1955–1957
This picture for me cries out a no hustle and bustle lets go and launch the boat on a workday time in Vancouver.

Quick, lets protect those view cones!

EastVanMark · #**824** Posted **Oct 7, 2020, 5:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Sure they got some towers built but I think that everyone in the city was rabidly in favour of development might not be an accurate depection of the era. No doubt the developers had a strong hold on the council but then how can you see the sudden reversal (sure some of it was economic) but a lot of it was "too much, too soon"

Never will "everyone" be in favour of development. That has never, and will never happen. We as a city didn't reverse things until decades later when City Hall got into the social engineering business

Nites · #**825** Posted **Oct 7, 2020, 9:05 AM**

Pacific Centre lot (Phase 2) 1973

From City of Vancouver Archives by William Roozeboom

YYCguys · #**826** Posted **Oct 7, 2020, 2:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

I like the pier:

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/...ver-b-c-canada

This is a really pretty view. What year is this? I can’t enlarge the photo but judging from the car styles, I would guess 20s/30s?

jollyburger · #**827** Posted **Oct 7, 2020, 4:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by YYCguys

This is a really pretty view. What year is this? I can’t enlarge the photo but judging from the car styles, I would guess 20s/30s?

Yeah 1920s. Those concrete bathhouses down there were from 1909.

officedweller · #**828** Posted **Oct 7, 2020, 8:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nites

Pacific Centre lot (Phase 2) 1973

Nice finds!
Note that Granville only had 5 lanes north of Georgia - 3 southbound and 2 northbound.

Changing City · #**829** Posted **Oct 7, 2020, 10:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nites

Pacific Centre lot (Phase 2) 1973

Nice images. You should really acknowledge the source when you post here, especially as those are under copyright. I think they're from the Vancouver Archives, were shot by William Roozeboom, (and they're OK to be published).

Nites · #**830** Posted **Oct 8, 2020, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

Nice images. You should really acknowledge the source when you post here, especially as those are under copyright. I think they're from the Vancouver Archives, were shot by William Roozeboom, (and they're OK to be published).

officedweller · #**831** Posted **Feb 6, 2021, 9:38 AM**

Cool then and now pics on the walking tours posted at this website:

https://onthisspot.ca/cities/vancouver

Zepfancouver · #**832** Posted **Feb 7, 2021, 7:56 AM**

Very nice fade-in effect of the old and new on those photos. And great interactive slider then and now photo

officedweller · #**833** Posted **Feb 7, 2021, 8:26 AM**

Each of the walking tours also has the fade/slide pics as well.

jollyburger · #**834** Posted **Feb 19, 2021, 6:52 PM**

1970s. Would have been nice to have this weird building in the middle of downtown

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/...ancouver-block

Zepfancouver · #**835** Posted **May 26, 2021, 12:40 PM**

She mentions my favorite downtown building
"I always look for the Marine Building as reference after 1930"
https://twitter.com/Miss604/status/1397219134421753858

https://twitter.com/Miss604/status/1397219134421753858

s211 · #**836** Posted **May 26, 2021, 2:19 PM**

^ First shot: post office being built.

Second shot: post office being repurposed!

Changing City · #**837** Posted **May 26, 2021, 3:04 PM**

Here's one I just posted that doesn't show the Marine Building, because it's from 1926, so before it was built.

Zepfancouver · #**838** Posted **May 26, 2021, 5:02 PM**

Nice observation s211 on the Post Office. The Post should have this then\now enlarged and framed for display in their lobby.

Changing City, great website

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Originally Posted by Changing City

just posted

I like this section Still Standing...Bygones.